April 4, 1973 ALBERTA HANSARD 35-1675 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA Title: Wednesday, April 4, 1973 2:30 p.m. [The House met at 2:30 o'clock.] PRAYERS [Mr. Speaker in the Chair] head: INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Bill No. 212 An Act to amend the Ombudsman Act MR. LUDWIG: Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to introduce a bill being An Act to amend the Ombudsman Act. This Act extends the principle of ombudsman to deal with municipalities and school boards. I would like to point out that the first speech on the issue of ombudsman was given in this House approximately ten years ago. It took four or five years to convince the previous government as to the merits of the provincial ombudsman. I believe, Mr. Speaker, that if I were successful in convincing the previous government to bring in a bill on a very new concept, that now that this issue is well known and recognized throughout Alberta and Canada, perhaps I will be successful in convincing this House as to the merits of extending the services of an ombudsman to municipalities and school boards. Mr. Speaker, I wish to introduce this bill. MR. SPEAKER: May I respectfully remind the House that on the introduction of bills only a brief summary of the content of the bill is permitted according to the rules. [Leave being granted, Bill No. 212 was introduced and read a first time.] Bill No. 213 An Act to amend the Credit and Loan Agreements Act MR. NOTLEY: Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to introduce Bill No. 213, being An Act to amend the Credit and Loan Agreement Act. Mr. Speaker, the Act deals with those companies engaged in collecting information about financial ratings of individual Albertans. It has four main features. The first is that no collection of information can go ahead without written consent of the individuals being investigated. Secondly, no release of the information can take place without written authorization of the persons involved. Three, once a year a copy of all the information must be sent to the individual. And finally, if the individuals request that the files be destroyed, they must be destroyed. [Leave being granted, Bill No. 213 was introduced and read a first time.] 34-1676 ALBERTA HANSARD April 4, 1973 head: INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS MR. ADAIR: Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you and through you to the members of this Assembly, three distinguished guests in your gallery, the Speaker's Gallery. Miss Gabriella Guzman of Mexico City -- Miss Guzman is the daughter of the former Mexican ambassador to Venezuela and is currently chief of protocol for the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico. Miss Guzman is in Alberta as a guest of the Metis Association of Alberta and is accompanied by the president of the Metis Association, Mr. Stan Daniels. I am pleased to introduce to you Mr. Reg Worthy, also in the Speaker's Gallery, the director of Aboriginal Affairs for the State of Victoria in Australia. Mr. Worthy is in Alberta, Canada and the United States for some two to three months to look at our way of doing things. It's my pleasure to ask these people to stand and be recognized by the Assembly. DR. BOUVIER: Mr. Speaker, again this afternoon it is my pleasure to introduce 24 Grade 9 students from the Peter Pond School in Fort McMurray. They are on an educational tour in the capital. They are accompanied by their teachers, Mr. Bob Crow, Mr. Ken King and Mrs. Linda Brooks. They are seated in the public gallery and I would ask them to stand and be greeted by the House. MR. YURKO: Mr. Speaker, I have indeed a substantial pleasure in introducing to you today and to the House 103 Grade 9 students from the favourite school in the constituency of Edmonton Gold Bar, that is the St. Gabriel School. I must say that I have some degree of association with the school, having spoken there on several occasions. And sometimes I sense perhaps a slight, oblique relationship to the name of the school, the same as, perhaps, the Member for Calgary Mountain View. But I want to indicate that with the 103 students from the school in the Assembly here today are their leaders and teachers, Mr. Paul Stuert, Mr. Tomko, Mr. Sherban and Mrs. Doucet. Seventy-five of these young citizens are in the members gallery, and twenty-eight are in the public gallery. I would ask that they stand and be recognized by the House. MR. TAYLOR: Mr. Speaker, I have great pleasure in introducing to you and through you to the hon. members of the Legislature a very distinguished lady from Standard, Alberta. I refer to Mrs. Elizabeth Pedersen, who is sitting in Mr. Speaker's Gallery. Mrs. Pedersen has a distinguished career of public service. She is presently president of the Women of Unifarm, a member of the Senate of the University of Calgary, a member of the Rural Extension Education Advisory Committee and a member of the REDA Educational Council. Mrs. Pedersen has played an active part in the development of our province, and has consistently gone the second and third mile in order to help to build Canada and Alberta on a solid foundation. Mrs. Pedersen has exceptional leadership ability which she uses in the interests of others. A few years ago, Mrs. Pedersen, had it not been for illness, almost ran against me in the Drumheller constituency. Fortunately for me, she didn’t because she would likely have been on the floor today and I up in the public gallery, and she would be introducing me. I would ask Mrs. Pedersen to stand and I am sure every member of the Legislature will give her a hearty welcome to this Assembly. head: FILING RETURNS AND TABLING REPORTS MR. YURKO: Mr. Speaker, I wish to table Sessional Paper No. 202. MR. LEITCH: Mr. Speaker, it's my pleasure to table a report which I received yesterday from the Institute of Law Research and Reform dealing with expropriation. April 4, 1973 ALBERTA HANSARD 35-1677 MR. PEACOCK: Mr. Speaker, I wish to table Sessional Paper No. 207. MR. DICKIE: Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a Return requested by the Assembly, being Return No. 200 on the motion by the hon. Leader of the Opposition. DR. WARRACK: Mr. Speaker, I would like to table the Returns for two motions, No. 208 dealing with correspondence relating to Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, and secondly, No. 217 that has regard to information and analysis of studies respecting the hen pheasants of Alberta. head: ORAL QUESTION PERIOD Conference Observers MR. HENDERSON: Mr. Speaker, I would like to address a question to the Premier. I wonder if the Premier could advise the House if he has had any indication as to whether the eastern provinces are going to have observers in attendance at the forthcoming Western Economic Opportunity Conference? MR. LOUGHEED: Mr. Speaker, at this stage we have no information as to what the ultimate decision will be regarding observers. I understand there has been some discussion raised with the possibility of the Government of Ontario expressing an interest in that regard, but in my brief meeting yesterday with Premier Davis that matter was not raised. I would think the point would be ultimately concluded as the working group of officials between the five governments works towards the meeting in Calgary in July. But with the exception of that one comment regarding the Province of Ontario we have no other information as to interests of other provinces, although I would anticipate that when we are in Ottawa in late May at the First Ministers' Meeting that if there is a general interest by the other regions of Canada, it would be expressed at that time. MR. SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Olds-Didsbury, followed by the hon. Member for Calgary Bow. Bow Valley Pipe Line MR. CLARK: Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct a question to the Minister of Mines and Minerals and ask the minister if it is true that Bow Valley Pipe Line, which operates in the Duchess-Brooks area, has been acquired 100 per cent by Koch Oil of the United States. MR. DICKIE: Mr. Speaker, that hasn't come to my attention, but I will check it for the hon. member. MR. CLARK: A supplementary to the minister. Mr. Minister, are these matters brought to your attention when there is a sale such as this in the petroleum industry? And while you are checking, would you also see if Canadians or Albertans had an opportunity to acquire the controlling interest? MR. DICKIE: Yes, Mr. Speaker, we will pursue that. MR. CLARK: Another supplementary, Mr. Speaker. While the minister is checking, would you check and see if the firm which owned 50 per cent of Bow Valley Pipe Lines 34-1678 ALBERTA HANSARD April 4, 1973 Canadian Pacific Investments -- if the president of that firm is Duff Roblin and one of the board members is Ian Sinclair? MR. DICKIE: Mr. Speaker, certainly we will check to see what information is available and the information we have we will convey to the hon. member. MR. SPEAKER: The hon. Member for Calgary Bow, followed by the hon. Member for Taber- Warner. Recycling Glass MR. WILSON: Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct a question to the hon. Minister of Industry and Commerce. Have you, or are you planning to meet with representatives of Canada Dry Ltd. to discuss the cancellation of their $3.5 million Edmonton expansion program that would have created 60 new jobs? MR.